419 scam: "FROM GILLIAN AND ADRIAN BAYFORD" <bayfordfamily109@gmail.com> GIFT FROM US.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM GILLIAN AND ADRIAN BAYFORD" <bayfordfamily109@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bayfordfamily242@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 11:28:35 +0200
Subject: GIFT FROM US.

Dear Beneficiary,

My wife and I won Â£148.6 Million Pounds on the 10/08/2012 Euro Millions
Lottery Jackpot and we have done lot of charity donation in Asia and
Europe and we have relocated to our new house in South Africa to continue
our charity work, so we have decided to give out Â£1,500,000.00 each to 10
lucky people this year, to mark our yearly windfall, lucky for you, your
email address was given to us by random internet search as one of our
lucky recipients.

For verification process see below Please read the article -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187999/

Kindly send to us your Full Name, Country, Age, Occupation and Phone
Number for details and we will get back to you with more information.
Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in Advance.
Gillian and Adrian Bayford.

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